Jason Day: the Top Australian Sports Earner for 2017
Here are the top earning Australian sportspeople for the year 2017, as published by the Australian Financial Review (formerly BRW). Every year it publishes the Top-50 Sports Earners.
Golf player Jason Day topped the list, but don't expect him to stay at the top for much longer, as second on the list, basketballer Ben Simmons, is expected to continue his stardom in the NBA and his earnings will no doubt rise. Basketball and the USA are where the money is.
Australian NBA players make up six of the top 10. The highest-paid cricketer was opener David Warner ($4.73 million). Only three women made the top 50 list this year: tennis player Ashleigh Barty ($1.84 million), surfer Stephanie Gilmore ($1.8 million), and golfer Minjee Lee ($1.3 million).
Compare this list to the Forbes highest paid athlete for 2017.
| Rank | Name | Sport | Earnings ($AUD millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Day | Golf | 18.29 |
| 2 | Ben Simmons | Basketball | 14.35 |
| 3 | Matthew Dellavedova | Basketball | 12.49 |
| 4 | Adam Scott | Golf | 10.82 |
| 5 | Joe Ingles | Basketball | 10.65 |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | Motor Racing | 10.45 |
| 7 | Marc Leishman | Golf | 9.57 |
| 8 | Patty Mills | Basketball | 9.29 |
| 9 | Andrew Bogut | Basketball | 8.84 |
| 10 | Aron Baynes | Basketball | 7.04 |
Source: Australian Financial Review, as published in online in December 2017.
Related Pages
- Australia's Top Sports Earners for each year
- Compare to the international annual top earners list by ESPN, SI and Forbes
- 2017: The year in Australian Sport
- A summary of Sport in Australia
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